Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-09-09
TIE NEWS IN BRIEE.
Terrible Th.n,re Pirs in Enrlnnh

The Theatre Royal at Exeter, Eng, took
fire Monday night during n performance
Of 'Romany Rye and a frightful panic
ensued. The occupants Of the pit after
an awful struggle, escaped but many ~
them were greatly injured. There was on
ly one exit from the gallery, and the rush
there was terrible Scores were troddeu
under foot and sutfocated A fire escape
was brought tn II window and many inside
were rescued When the fire started the
drop scene was lowered to prevent "A
draught. Some Of the actors opened a
door to escape, causing the fire to burst
through the drop scene and 10 ignite the
gallery. The flames overlook the people
who were wedged in an immovable mass
and roasted them ~ death. MANY who were
rescued alive died soon after hcing brought
out Of the building. The occupants Of the
dress circle escaped without serious harm.
Only the walls of the structure are stand.
ing. Twenty badly injured persons who
were admitted ~ hospitals died few min.
utes after they We're received The fire
blazed fercely, lighting up the whole city,
and burned through the night making the
search for bodies slow. The total number
of victims is believed To be $40. The ma
jority were men and boys. About 30 women
says There were pitiful scenes in the vi
cinity Of the burned theatre yesterday
morning as friends and relatives Of sup
posed victims awaited the recovery Of the
bodies. In many cases father and mothers
both persisted, and numerous children are
thus left without means of support. Sew
eral bodies were burned So that ONLY a
small cinder remained. 1t is very proha-
BILE that the total number of deaths will
never be ascertained, owing TO the fact that
many of the bodies were completely cal
cined. Two stalls of stable belonging to a
hotel adjacent 20 the theatre are filed with
remains that it is impossible to identify.
The charred remains Of 20 persons were
discovered in one heap mother, father
and child were found casped in one em-
brace All three had been burned to death.
In nearly every case the clothing had been
burned off the victims From many of
the bodies limbs were missing and the re
mains showed evidence that they had been
wrenched of Several whole families.
numbering from two to five persons, lost
their lives.
The public funeral of the victims took
place at Exeter, Wednesday There were
% Baskets containing Identified bodies and
IA containing unidentified remains. The
streets through which the funeral process
sion passed were lined by silent crowds.
The magnificent abbey and college of St
Mainraid, located at lndiantown, Spencer
county, Ind, was burned last Saturday, in
Guiding n valuable library of $4,000 vol
umes, large collection of old and very
rare coins, and large museum total loss
fully 5000, 900, with no insurance. The col
lege had just been repaired and renovated
for the school term, which was to begin
next week, The college will be rebuilt at
once.
mass of rickety old wooden sheds on
Ashton street, Boston, occupied rs stables
and carriage sheds, were burned last Sat
urday by an incendiary So rapidly did the
flames spread that nothing in the building
where the fire started was saved. Three
horses, several wagons and sets Of harness
IS were destroyed. The body of an un-
known man, supposed to have been a tramp,
was found in the ruins,
The New Bedford, Mass, school board
voted Monday night not to open any Of the
public schools Of the city for a week on az
count of the prevalence Of diphtheria
A big gun in process of casting at Shelf
field, Eng, burst Tuesday, killing eight
men,
A 9-years old son Of Hiram TAYLOR of
Washington, o., mysteriously disappeared
l3 months ago, Last week letter was re
ccivcd from the lost child dated at Cape
Town, Africa He said he had resolved 10
20 around the world He had worked his
passage from New York to Cape Town and
was about Ia sail for Hong Kong Thence
lac would 20 to San Francisco, then come
home lie had $50 when he left.